Shocking first 20 but improved a lot after that. There have been a few too many instances of us losing the ball, the opposition breaking with only nige in front of the defence, but Nige being so far behind the rest of the team he lunges in and the opposition player on the ball just shows a little dummy and leaves him for dead. This happened once noticeably last night and a few times aganist wolves in the cup.
Then there was a moment in the second half when we broke and he had acres with runners but didn't have the pace or the skill/intelligenceto keep the move flowing and hurt them. Instead he slowed it right down, their players got back and he passed it sideways
Early days and I've always thought very highly of nige but he's looking extremely limited and unless he ups his game then it looks like all of a sudden the team might well outgrown him. People say he'll have his uses in the big games and I agree that we missed him away to Bayern. But we did fine without him away at spurs and the swamp, so you have to wonder just how many matches a season he'll really be of any use to us?
Comparing Yaya to de Jong is ridiculous. Yaya offers so, so much more than Nige - Goals, assists, the ability to beat a man, pace, mobility, intricate passing, quick thinking. What does Nige offer over Yaya? Theres a reason Yaya can play centre mid, defensive mid, attacking mid and centre half whereas Nige can only play defensive mid.
